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Professional e-Competence
in Europe Dimitris Theodorakis
Policy & Research Officer
The European e-Competence
Framework – e-CF
2 Professional e-Competence in Europe
• The European e-Competence Framework
(e-CF) was created by the CEN Workshop on
ICT Skills
• It is a reference framework of 36 ICT
competences, classified in five main
ICT business areas
• Who can use it?
The European e-Competence
Framework – e-CF
3 Professional e-Competence in Europe
Dimension 1 PLAN - BUILD - RUN - ENABLE - MANAGE
Dimension 2 36 reference e-Competences for each area
Dimension 3 Proficiency levels of each e-Competence: e-1 to e-5
Dimension 4 Samples of knowledge and skills
The European e-Competence
Framework – e-CF
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Aims of the Professional e-
Competence in Europe project
To provide picture of the competences of ICT practitioners in Europe today
To raise awareness of the e-CF by using it as the basis for analysis
To work towards developing a pan-European vision of professionalism
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Council of European Professional
Informatics Societies
Online survey
Disseminated via CEPIS network of
informatics societies in greater Europe
28 Countries participating
2000 respondents
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The outputs
of the project
Individual profile report Country report
Pan-European report
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Competence
Areas
e-Competences
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Personal
Report I
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Competences required by
the represented profile
(GREEN)
Competence required by
the profile but where
respondent has
deficiency (RED)
Competences that
exceed those
required by the
profile (BLUE)
Personal
Report II
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Survey Outputs
10 National Reports (Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Malta, Norway, Romania and Spain)
European report is published
Demonstrate the utility of the e-CF as a practical competence framework based on
feedback from respondents
1st pan-European application of e-CF
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18.8%
34.3%
30.1%
16.8%
< 30 yr 31 .. 40 yr 41 .. 50 yr > 50 yr
AGE
The number of professionals
under 30 is very low –
confirms anticipated
shortages.
24%
19%
12%
16%
11%
15%
15%
19%
28%
8%
16%Europe
Italy
Finland
Ireland
Belgium
Malta
Spain
Norway
Latvia
Bosnia-Herz.
Romania
Gender
European average of 16% of
respondents are female. 12%
of respondents for Belgium.
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Education
More than half of the
respondents (51.1%) have
either a Master or a PhD
qualification, but not
sufficiently focused on IT!
45.4%
5.7%2.8%
28.2%
17.9%
None of the
above
Secondary
School
Diploma
University
Bachelors
Degree
University
Masters
Degree
Doctorate
(Phd.)
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Notable
differences
between
declared and
calculated
profiles
Only 21% of
respondents
meet the
calculated
profile
16%
26%
13%
12%
5%
6%
17%
17%
40%
17%
15%
30%
37%
11%
33%
19%
27%
31%
21%Total
Co
ncu
rren
ce b
erw
een
decla
red
an
d
calc
ula
ted
(% o
n d
ecla
red)
IT Manager P01
IT Quality Manager & Auditor P02
IT Client Manager P03
IT Sales & Mktg Consultant P04
IT Applications Consultant P05
Business Analyst P06
IT Project Manager P07
IT Systems Analyst P08
Software Developer P09
Integr. & Testing Engineer P10
IT Systems Architect P11
IT Security Manager P12
Database Administrator P13
Network Manager P14
IT Administrator P15
IT Systems Engineer P16
Service Support Manager P17
IT Trainer P18
Declared profile
Calculated profileEurope
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Profile Distribution:
By educational level: 80% with
university degree
By IT education: 63% main
subject
By IT industry: Professionals
equally split between supply
(49%) and demand (51%) IT
sector
By enterprise size: Majority in
large organisations.
KI distribution
Plan 1,66 and Build 1,67 and Run 1,68 out of 3,0: to be
improved - Enable 1,38: a lot to do - Manage 1,51: a lot to do
7.9%
14.4%
4.9%
2.2%
13.3%
27.7%
12.6%
6.2%
11.9%
6.6%
11.7%
4.4%
7.7%
14.5%
13.3%
27.6%
35.4%
22%
19%
13%
7%
45%
18%
19%
28%
34%
21%
24%
19%
12%
35%
19%
24%
14%
23%
34%
43%
42%
72%
10%
35%
16%
18%
2%
n.a.
11.2%
n.a.
Europe
Italy
Finland
Ireland
Belgium
Malta
Spain
Norway
Latvia
Bosnia-Herz.
Romania
1 - 10 11 - 50 51 - 250 251 - 1000 1000+
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Only 21% of professionals had the e-competences to match
their declared profile. In other words, 79% may
not have the breadth of e-competences needed
for their roles.
IT Manager was the most declared job
profile, however only 8% of these match the e-competences needed for the role.
IT professionals across Europe show a
low level of competence in some
of the five e-CF e-competence areas
especially in ‘Enable’.
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Results Synopsis
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Comparative Results for Belgium I
ITEMS BELGIUM EUROPE
Average Age of respondents 43 41
Age segment <30 10.5% 16.8%
41 - 50 years 39.3% 30.1%
Female respondents 12% 16%
Male respondents 88% 84%
Education level of respondents
Secondary School Diploma 2.1% 17.9%
Master’s Degree 69.6% 45.4%
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Comparative Results for Belgium II
ITEMS BELGIUM EUROPE
Respondents by Educational Field
Main Focus 48% 63%
Side subject 37% 25%
Not significant 16% 12%
Respondents by Enterprise Size
1 - 10 employees 4.9% 11.2%
11 - 50 employees 4.4% 11.9%
251 - 1000 employees 11.5% 20.8%
1000+ employees 72% 33.9%
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Comparative Results for Belgium III
ITEMS BELGIUM EUROPE
Respondents by ICT Profile IT Manager 35.1% 23.6%
IT Quality Manager & Auditor 3.7% 2.8%
Business Analyst 9.9% 5.7%
Software Developer 5.8% 12.9%
IT Security Manager 7.3% 2.6%
Proximity Profile IT Manager 15.2% 8.0%
IT Quality Manager & Auditor 9.9% 4.2%
IT Project Manager 16.2% 8.0%
% of Declared Profiles matching Proximity Profiles
19% 21%
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RECOMMENDATIONS
1.Young talent is lacking
2.Continuous Professional Development
3.Defined Career paths
4.Gender imbalance
5.e-CF application
Video, National reports, and the
European report can be found at:
http://cepis.org/professionalecompetence
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European Framework for
ICT Professionalism
Four key building blocks for an ICT Profession:
A common Body of Knowledge (BoK)?
• Large number of BoKs
• Are ICT BoKs fit for purpose?
• Need to define a Foundational ICT BoK
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Driving ICT Professionalism
forward
Competences
• ICT Competence Frameworks provide value
Certification, standards and qualifications
• Certifications and qualifications are crucial
• Significant lack of mapping to Competence Frameworks
Professional ethics / codes of conduct
• Align codes to a common guidelines or meta framework
on ethics issues
European Training Programmes for CIOs / ICT
Managers
• Address ICT driven innovation challenges
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E-Skills & ICT Professionalism
Future actions
Follow-up actions:
• Stakeholder collaboration
• Sustainable business model for e-CF
• ICT Professional Profiles and career pathways
aligned to e-CF
• Mapping of certifications and qualifications
• Collaboration between academia and industry
• Research the possible alignment of existing
Codes of Ethics
• Support industry engagement
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Thank you for your attention!
• The European e-Competence Framework:
http://www.ecompetences.eu/
• CEPIS Professional e-Competence in Europe:
http://www.cepis.org/professionalecompetence
• E-Skills and ICT Professionalism:
http://www.cepis.org/professionalism